Development of a defacing algorithm to protect the privacy of head and neck cancer patients in publicly‐accessible radiotherapy datasets
We developed a novel defacing algorithm that anonymizes HNC CT scans and related DICOM-RT data. Our algorithm balances patient privacy while preserving essential structures for radiotherapy research, facilitating the sharing of HNC imaging datasets for Big Data and AI.
Authors
- J. Kildea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7084-1425)
- Luc Galarneau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1871-9331)
- Kayla O'Sullivan‐Steben (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5993-7968)
Institutions
- McGill University Health Centre (CA)
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical Physics
- Published
- 2025-11-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.70160
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.48